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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 4h

TONIGHT! (Rain or shine)

Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 5d

Very excited to be interviewing my friend and former colleague @leahlitman.bsky.social at the @hammer.ucla.edu on Tuesday, October 14 (cosponsored by @law.ucla.edu) about her new book, Lawless. Free admission and video of the event will post afterwards. Join us!
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Leah Litman on the Supreme Court | Hammer Museum

University of Michigan Law School professor Leah Litman will discuss her provocative new book, which argues that the Supreme Court has abandoned legal reasoning in favor of political grievances dresse...

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

Our episode on the first week of the term is up!

We also got to chat with John Fabian Witt about his new (out tomorrow!) book THE RADICAL FUND - about how a group of progressives helped remake American democracy for the better in an era of inequality, violence, & more.

Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The first week of the new SCOTUS term (& the likely hypocrisy on conversion therapy vs. gender-affirming care); lower court litigation against Natl Guard deployments; & more.

+ John Fabian Witt @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social joins to talk his new book THE RADICAL FUND crooked.com/podcast/will...

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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 1d

The fantasy bit was actually Melissa 😉

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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 1d

@profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social

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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 1d

You can get John Fabian Witt's @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social new book THE RADICAL FUND: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America - from our friends at bookshop dot org: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

It's out tomorrow!!!

The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America

How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America

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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The first week of the new SCOTUS term (& the likely hypocrisy on conversion therapy vs. gender-affirming care); lower court litigation against Natl Guard deployments; & more.

+ John Fabian Witt @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social joins to talk his new book THE RADICAL FUND crooked.com/podcast/will...

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John Fabian Witt @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social · 1d

Talking with @leahlitman.bsky.social and @kateshaw.bsky.social on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social about #TheRadicalFund was fun. Like a fantasy novel, says Litman--but it's history, replies Shaw! Dear reader, you will have to decide for yourself. @simonandschuster.bsky.social crooked.com/podcast/will...

Will SCOTUS Allow Conversion Therapy for Minors? | Crooked Media

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 1d

Hey law folks, y’all should play Thrice and look for the @strictscrutiny.bsky.social shoutout today before midnight eastern. thrice.geekswhodrink.com

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Daily trivia game from Geeks Who Drink

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 2d

The "plaintiffs" seeking to dismantle the Voting Rights Act (in a case this week at SCOTUS) include:

-a member of the "Trumpettes," a group of women who ardently support for the president
-a retiree who said he didn’t remember signing up to be involved in a lawsuit.

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One woman made national news when she protested the Covid-19 vaccine at her local City Council. Another is a member of the Trumpettes, a group of women united in their ardent support for the president. A third is a retired grocery salesman who said he didn’t remember signing up to be involved in a lawsuit.

The three are among the 12 Louisiana voters at the center of a case set to be heard by the Supreme Court on Wednesday that could gut what remains of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the landmark civil-rights-era legislation.

In January 2024, the group filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Louisiana’s congressional district map, arguing state lawmakers had discriminated against them as white voters by impermissibly taking race into account when they drafted the map after the 2020 census.

Since then, they’ve been referred to in court filings merely as the “non-African-American” voters.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Kamala Harris: "The Supreme Court made the decision that the president would be immune from any of his conduct while in office. So we went into the election with this individual, Donald Trump, knowing that he would essentially be immune from any consequence for misbehavior while in office."

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 4d

We talked about exactly this on the Strict Scrutiny @strictscrutiny.bsky.social episode from last week: crooked.com/podcast/the-...

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 5d

Very excited to be interviewing my friend and former colleague @leahlitman.bsky.social at the @hammer.ucla.edu on Tuesday, October 14 (cosponsored by @law.ucla.edu) about her new book, Lawless. Free admission and video of the event will post afterwards. Join us!
hammer.ucla.edu/programs-eve...

Leah Litman on the Supreme Court | Hammer Museum

University of Michigan Law School professor Leah Litman will discuss her provocative new book, which argues that the Supreme Court has abandoned legal reasoning in favor of political grievances dresse...

hammer.ucla.edu

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Galen Stone @galenstone.bsky.social · 5d

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The Democratic Resistance Strategy We Need

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Eric Coulson @ericcoulson.bsky.social · 6d

Nice shout out to @blockclubchi.bsky.social by @kateshaw.bsky.social.

Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: Live from Chicago! Our term preview*** (with asterisks about term previews in the shadow docket era)

IL LT. Gov. @julianastratton.bsky.social joins to talk resistance to the regimes militarized presence in states & cities.

+ 2 truths & a lie - John Roberts edition! crooked.com/podcast/some...

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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School @penncareylaw.bsky.social · 7d

Prof. Kate Shaw (@kateshaw.bsky.social) joins her co-hosts on this week’s @strictscrutiny.bsky.social to preview the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term & the cases that could shape constitutional law.
Listen: https://penncareylaw.news/4ndqpbr

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A SCOTUS Term Preview | Crooked Media

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Steve Kennedy @skennedy2504.myatproto.social · 7d

Thank you to @strictscrutiny.bsky.social for introducing me to @julianastratton.bsky.social, holy shit! Pritzker is great and all but it's been a minute since I've gotten emotional listening to a politician like that. Must be something in the water in IL, but I'm here for it

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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 7d

Scary new interpretation of the 14th Amendment just dropped!

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Great LakesQ @qglpolicywonk.bsky.social · 7d

🧵This directly links to the history of redlining in Chicago.

And to the very important discussion that @sifill.bsky.social & @jamellebouie.net had with @strictscrutiny.bsky.social about our nation's segregationist history & the #14thAmendment

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Why SCOTUS’s Actions After the Civil War Still Haunt Us

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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 7d

stay tuned ....!

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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 7d

OG listeners like me are reminded of both phrases every morning...

Two coffee mugs; one in the left reads "This mug is necessary to enforce the Voting Rights Act"; the one in the right reads "Stare Decisis Is For Suckers"

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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 8d

A quick breakdown of developments in the National Guard deployment case out of Oregon: youtu.be/pcc5Ii5QYmM

BREAKING: Judge Blocks Trump's Illegal Deployment of National Guard

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Galen Stone @galenstone.bsky.social · 8d

They aren't wrong.

Legal Experts Preview the New SCOTUS Term: Something Wicked This Way Comes (Live from Chicago!)

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@cr_possess 👻 @christianrincon.com · 8d

checks in on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social this morning and—

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 8d

Chicago, you were magic! @julianastratton.bsky.social, what a terrific and inspiring conversation! Thanks to everyone who joined us live! And to those listening, enjoy the show!

Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: Live from Chicago! Our term preview*** (with asterisks about term previews in the shadow docket era)

IL LT. Gov. @julianastratton.bsky.social joins to talk resistance to the regimes militarized presence in states & cities.

+ 2 truths & a lie - John Roberts edition! crooked.com/podcast/some...

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